21st Century Nurse Educator
An effective teacher establishes a student-centered classroom, where teaching strategies and classroom activities are developed to meet the vast learning needs of students. The teacher cares about their students’ individualized needs, and will evaluate group dynamics- such as age, gender, cultural diversity, and educational/occupational backgrounds of the students in the classroom when planning effective teaching strategies. Class objectives will be written to reflect the cognitive level of the students in the classroom, and the teacher will plan learning activities that encompass auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning styles. An effective teacher is creative, flexible, and open-minded- willing to step outside of their comfort zone in order to re-design curriculum to reflect evidence-based-teaching strategies of the 21st century classroom. This will involve changing the way things have always been done, and shifting from the traditional classroom lecture to an interactive classroom environment where students are given opportunities to link new concepts to previous knowledge and apply what they have learned in arenas such as hands-on learning, classroom discussions, case studies, role-playing exercises, and simulations.
When I was a nursing student I sat in class, taking notes, and trying to memorize information. I felt that there was an evident disconnect between classroom content and clinical rotations. Educators had their own way of presenting content in the classroom, clinical instructors had different expectations of students, and there were also many discrepancies between textbook readings and classroom content. As an educator with a constructivist approach towards education, my goal is to provide opportunities for students to understand and apply classroom content with clinical content. My teaching strategies will involve classroom learning activities to develop students’ critical thinking skills and clinical decision making abilities. As a 21st century educator, I am so excited for the opportunity to teach, inspire, and motivate our future nurse leaders!
Jennifer
(February 28, 2015)
This comic strip was developed to represent my goals as a future nurse educator:
When I was a nursing student I sat in class, taking notes, and trying to memorize information. I felt that there was an evident disconnect between classroom content and clinical rotations. Educators had their own way of presenting content in the classroom, clinical instructors had different expectations of students, and there were also many discrepancies between textbook readings and classroom content. As an educator with a constructivist approach towards education, my goal is to provide opportunities for students to understand and apply classroom content with clinical content. My teaching strategies will involve classroom learning activities to develop students’ critical thinking skills and clinical decision making abilities. As a 21st century educator, I am so excited for the opportunity to teach, inspire, and motivate our future nurse leaders!
Jennifer
(February 28, 2015)
This comic strip was developed to represent my goals as a future nurse educator: